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This is the strange but true story of how a failed jazz pianist from Passaic, N.J., became the author of one of the best-selling books in history. In 1997 Mitch Albom wrote a sad, funny account of his conversations with a dying man. Tuesdays with Morrie went on to sell more than 5.7 million copies in hardcover alone. It spent four straight years at the top of the New York Times best-seller list. Now the story is getting stranger: Albom has done it again, with a novel called The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hyperion; 196 pages...
...important, the Rice group responsible for postwar planning, led by Elliott Abrams from the National Security Council and Robin Cleveland from the Office of Management and Budget, woefully underestimated the cost of reconstructing Iraq. It was the work of that group that in large part led OMB director Mitch Daniels to estimate a year ago that the total price tag of the Iraq adventure would be just $50 million to $60 million, a range Bush surely now wishes were true...
...jewel heist. Ten mini-movies are already completed, with stars like Michael Richards and Tom Arnold. The executive producers are Paris Barclay and John Wells, who usually lends his talent to more substantial fare (E.R., The West Wing). "John has thrown his full creative weight behind this," says Mitch Metcalf, NBC's senior vice president of program scheduling. He insists the mini-movies are more about innovative programming than trying to retain viewers: "They're pure entertainment." What does that make Coupling? --By Jeanne McDowell
...vain; if Clark doesn't run, he is certain to be short-listed as a vice-presidential candidate. Clark seems to be laying the groundwork for that role too. At N.Y.U., he was careful to note that he has "tremendous respect for all the candidates." --By Karen Tumulty and Mitch Frank...
...Bottom line: Tennessee has no recall provision and Bredesen should weather the pain - as long as he doesn?t stand near a window. - with reporting by Amanda Bower and Mitch Frank/New York; Frank Sikora/Birmingham; Elisabeth Kauffman/Nashville; and Pat Dawson/Billings